Reading this was smile inducing:

That’s why what the Phoenix Suns are doing is so amazing.

The team will be wearing its “Los Suns” jerseys for Wednesday night’s Game 2 against the San Antonio Spurs “to honor [the] Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation.” Awesome.

The decision to wear the jerseys came from way up the corporate ladder, as team owner Robert Sarver suggested the team wear their Noche Latina alternates.

Sarver, who was born and raised in Tucson, said frustration with the federal government’s failure to deal with the illegal immigration issue led to the passage of what he called “a flawed state law.”

“However intended, the result of passing the law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question,” he said, “and Arizona’s already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them.”

I don’t doubt for a minute that the boycott threat motivated this rather than principles–but even so, it’s good to see that grass roots mobilization does work every once in a while (notice that in the case of Arizona, there are *consequences* for those targeted by protests, something that is sorely lacking at DC marches and even most May Day marches).

Now we just need to take this lesson to heart in other aspects of the pro-immigration community.